Ask HN: Do you use starter/boilerplate code for projects?

Re:Ask HN: Do you use starter/boilerplate code for projects? by _benj on Sunday June 20, 2021 @05:56PM (#27574265)

I think it really depends on the project. If it’s a project for work it often has a deadline and thus saving all the time I can by using boilerplates or anything else is usually the way to go.

When is a project for myself I’m personally more interested in understanding how my code works (I mean, I don’t need to know the internals of sqlite…)

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Re:Ask HN: Do you use starter/boilerplate code for projects? by SandroRybarik on Sunday June 20, 2021 @06:37PM (#27574496)

Do you think there is a need for centralised place with curated starter templates that are also kept updated on regular basis?

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Re:Ask HN: Do you use starter/boilerplate code for projects? by _benj on Monday June 21, 2021 @06:00PM (#27585102)

For work projects, absolutely. It would be and easier sell to a tech/product manager if there's some credibility behind the boiler plate (who's using it, last update, github stars...)

For personal project, I wouldn't find them that useful unless they are clean enough that I can understand what they are, what are they doing and how they are doing it, instead of me starting from scratch.

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